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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
St. Petersburg, Florida

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License.

Cork or St. Petersburg, Florida?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Cork for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Cork’s own page.

Choose St. Petersburg, Florida for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on St. Petersburg, Florida’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Cork 25, St. Petersburg, Florida 85: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 60 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: Cork leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 52: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 44: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, St. Petersburg, Florida 58: Cork leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, St. Petersburg, Florida 55: Cork leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, St. Petersburg, Florida 70: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, St. Petersburg, Florida 33: Cork leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, St. Petersburg, Florida 38: Cork leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, St. Petersburg, Florida 35: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 2 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, St. Petersburg, Florida 42: Cork leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, St. Petersburg, Florida 40: St. Petersburg, Florida leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and St. Petersburg, Florida.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Cork
45match

Wins on getting around and day trips with your weighting.

St. Petersburg, Florida
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

St. Petersburg, Florida in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
197 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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CorkSt. Petersburg, Florida

Where the figures come from

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). St. Petersburg, Florida: 1998-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Saint Petersburg (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkSt. Petersburg, Florida
Official languageEnglish, Irish-
CurrencyEuro (EUR)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation0 m134 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsSt. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE)16 km from centre60 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkSt. Petersburg, Florida
City population222,333258,308
People per km²5,961725
Museums within 10 km513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km00
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone8 months

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.